Combined ironing-table and clothes-holder



(No Model.)

M CHILC'OAT. COMBINED IRONINGTABLE AND CLOTHES HOLDER No. 310,792.- Patentedan. `13, 1885.

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'- mil WITNESSES' IYJVVENTOR llNiTEn STATES PATENT OErrcE.

MARGARET CHILGOAT, OF AUBRN, INDIANA.

COMBINED IRONING-TABLE AND CLOTHES-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,792, dated January 13:, 1885.

Application filed September 26, 1883. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARGARET acitizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of De Kalb and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Ironing- Tables and Clothes-Holders, of which the following is a speciication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in combined clothes holders and ironingboards; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended.

This invention has for its object to provide, in connection with a clothes trough or holder, a cheap and simple means for receiving and supporting interchangeably ironing-boards of various sizes and forms, and also racks or brackets to hold different articles of clothing. These objects I accomplish by the means CnILcoAT,

e shown and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a representation of my invention, and is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view showing one of the lateral brackets swung out, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of lone of the ironing-boards.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates the clothes trough or holder, which is supported upon legs c, the vertical continuations of which may form the end walls of the clothes-trough A, and serve as a support for the ironing tables or boards. These end walls extend above the sides of the trough, as shown at b, so that access may be had to the said trough and the clothes taken out without removing the board.

At one end of the troughAis provided a drawer, B, in which may be conveniently kept the ironing material.

The top c of the frame D, which supports the drawer B, is designed for the purpose of holding the iron or its holder, and to the outer side of this frame may be a drop-leaf, d, which is held in a raised position by means of the pivoted supporting-arm e.

To the inner edge of the-'top c are secured staples or eyebolts f, to receive the hooks g upon one end of the ironing-boards. The under sides of the boards near their opposite ends are provided with a vertical stud, h, to engage a recess in the upper edge of the outer end wall of the trough, as shown in Fig. 2.

C indicates a transverse strip, which is secured to the upper inner side of the inner end wall of the trough, which serves as a support for one end of the ironing-boards.

Arranged transversely upon the outer side of the end board, a suitable distance beneath the drawer-frame, is a strip, t', which is provided with a series of pivoted hooks for receiving small articles of clothing and the like, and are adapted to be thrown up out of danger when not in use, as shown in dotted lines.

F indicates arms for holding clothes, which are pivoted in the upper edge of the side walls of the trough. These arms are made of wire or other narrow material, so that the same, when not in use, may be swung inward from obstruction, and yet not occupy any space within the trough, as they will lie in a parallel position above the upper edge of the side walls thereof. These devices are neat in appearance, and may be cheaply manufactured. E indicates the ironing-boards, the same being applied to the frame of the trough, as shown in Figs. l and 2. 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combined ironing-table and clothesholder described, consisting of the trough A, having its end walls vertically extended, and its side walls provided with the pivoted arms F, the trough at one end having a drawer, the top board, c, of which is provided with eyebolts or loops to engage hooks on the inner end of the ironing-board, the said ironingboard E detachably arranged upon the end walls of the trough, the bar z', arranged beneath the drawer-frame, and having a series of pivoted hooks, as shown, whereby the said hooks may be turned up and out of the way when not in use, substantially as specilied.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARGARET GHILGOAT.

YVitnesses:

JAMEs E. RosE, Eznn D. HARTMAN. 

